[JCOLLECTOR] Bandai Plastic Models Roundup: December 2014

The end of the year is finally here. With Anime Festival Asia 2014 recently concluded over last week, I hope you guys bought lots of gunpla from the Bandai booth! However, we still have one big release remaining at the end of the year, which many wants to get their hands on! Let’s check out December’s releases featuring lots of new gunpla and one new Bandai plamo!

6th December 2014

SDBF Winning Gundam

The original creation of Fumina Hoshino from Gundam Build Fighters Try adds an interesting SD twist to the line! The core booster and core fighter can be detached from the kit and be used on the HGBF Build Burning Gundam and HG Lightning Gundam to use their special moves, the Winning Knuckle and Winning Launcher. Go towards the Winning Road!

SD GUNDAM BB SENSHI 396 BUILD BURNING GUNDAM

The Build Burning Gundam from Gundam Build Fighters Try is now available in BB Senshi scale! It comes with three types of effect parts and swappable hand parts for a variety of poses! Unleash the hidden power of Jigen Haoh School Martial Arts!

13th December 2014

PG 1/60 RX-0 UNICORN GUNDAM

After a few years of absence, the Perfect Grade series featuring perfect mobility, perfect proportions and perfect features returns with the popular Unicorn Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam UC! Like the Master Grade kit, you can transform it to its Destroy Mode or its new third form exposing more Psychoframe parts, the Unchained Mode!

PG 1/60 RX-0 UNICORN GUNDAM LED UNIT

This set of LED units is designed to fit the 20 lighting points of the PG 1/60 RX-0 Unicorn Gundam. With this LED set, you can make the internal Psycoframe parts glow in the light of these LEDs, similar to the effect you see in the OVA series!

HG 1/144 G-SELF OPTION UNIT: SPACE PACK

This add-on pack from Gundam Reconguista in G is the HG Space Pack meant for use with the G-Self! This comes with the pack itself and new weapons meant to be used with the G-Self in this setting. It also comes with a separate Core Fighter seen in one of the recent episodes as well as stand parts to display it flying in space!

HG 1/144 R-Gyagya

The customised R-Jarja by Kaoruko Sazaki from Gundam Build Fighters Try makes its appearance in the HGBF line as the R-Gyagya! Combining the best of the Gyan and the R-Jarja, it has a pair of movable mounted arms for a variety of poses! It also comes with beam effect parts to show the true might of the R-Gyagya!

20th December 2014

HG 1/144 MEGA-SHIKI

Minato Sakai’s upgraded Hyaku Shiki, the Mega-Shiki used by Sudou Shunsuke appears in the HGBF line! Based off the Hyaku Shiki, Delta Gundam and the Mega Rider, it is a powerful machine capable of deploying its backpack as a Mega Launcher or a Mega Rider! It also comes with its signature Beam Katana effect parts!

HG 1/144 SPACE JAHANNAM (Mass Production Type)

The main mobile suit of the Amerian Army’s Space fleet from Gundam Reconguista in G is the Space Jahannam! It has a UV-reactive clear parts used in its unique camera eye and a special tetron sticker replicates its white cross mark sensor! It also comes with its plasma axes which can be secured to its shield and its beam gun!

HG BUILD CUSTOM 1/144 MEGA RIDE LAUNCHER

A white colored variant of the Mega-Shiki’s Mega Ride Launcher backpack joints the HGBC lineup! Originally from Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam, this new Mega Ride Launcher can be used as a vehicle or a powerful beam weapon. Combine it with your custom to make the strongest Gunpla there is!

* Not compatible with all Gunpla.

26th December 2014

RG 1/144 XXX-G00W0 WING GUNDAM ZERO EW

The latest in the Real Grade line of hyper-realistic model kits that looks like real life weaponry is the Wing Gundam Zero EW from New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz! The unique detail of the RG shines through in wing construction based on armor materials science and shape and posing based on thrust control technology! It comes with beam saber effect parts and its signature Twin Buster Rifle weapon!

Star Wars 1/12 Stormtrooper

The latest in the Star Wars line of realistic weapons and characters is the Empire’s famous Stormtrooper. It comes with a variety of weapons it is known to be used and a variety of hand parts to equip them! It also has a Death Star themed stand parts used in conjunction with the earlier released Darth Vader kit!

And that’s it for the month of December! Lots of people I know will be getting the PG Unicorn Gundam. I wish I could but I simply don’t have the time for it at the moment. I do want to get the MEGA-SHIKI however! The Stormtrooper looks really cool too! For those of you that have stuck with me since January, thanks for being here since then! Hope you all have a wonderful holidays and a Happy New Year!